Slavery
Abolitionists
Causes
War
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100
Slaves received a ration of food this number of times per week.
What is one?
100
The word "abolitionist" comes from the word "abolition", which means this.
What is to get rid of?
100
In 1820, slavery was banned north of the 36 30 latitude line, which is also the southern border of this state.
What is Missouri?
100
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
If the Native Americans had only had this in their bodies, they would not have died in such great numbers.
What is a strong immune system?
200
An increase in the number of factories and manufactured goods in the United States led to the rise of this.
What is industry?
200
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel, which portrayed the evils of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
200
In the Compromise of 1850, Utah and New Mexico were given the chance to vote for or against slavery, a right that was known as this.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
In a letter to Horace Greely, Lincoln state that this was his first priority as the President of the United States.
What is to preserve the Union?
200
The New York Rangers are currently playing this team in the National Hockey League Eastern Conference Finals.
Who are the Montreal Canadiens?
300
The slave population in the United States increased due to the demand for this cash crop.
What is cotton?
300
Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. Therefore, she was known by this code word, which also means the leader on a train.
What is a "conductor?"
300
This new political party wanted to ban slavery in any new states or territories.
What is the Republican Party?
300
This document freed slaves, but only in rebellious states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
This man was banned for life from the NBA after he was taped making racist comments.
Who is Donald Sterling?
400
Knowledge is power....unless you were a slave because many areas of the South banned slaves from learning these two skills.
What are reading and writing?
400
John Brown murdered five pro-slavery men in the middle of the night, partly causing Kansas to earn this nickname.
What is "Bleeding Kansas?"
400
During the Election of 1860, this man became president despite receiving less than 50% of the popular vote.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
General William Tecumseh Sherman used this strategy in the final months of the Civil War, which included the destruction of southern property.
What is total war?
400
At the recent Billboard Music Awards, he won the award for Top Artist.
Who is Justin Timberlake?
500
Ellen Craft was able to escape slavery with her husband because she was disguised as this.
What is a man?
500
These were the two anti-slavery newspapers published by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.
What are The North Star (Douglass) and The Liberator (Garrison)?
500
When South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, it set in motion a chain of secession that led to the formation of this country.
What is the Confederate States of America?
500
This is the estimated number of Americans that died during the Civil War (your answer must be within 1,000 people).
What is 610,000?
500
The Constitution of the United States was written in this year.
What is 1787?
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